Utah, 2006

Heavy Snow in Utah, January 7 to 8, 2006

January 7 to 8, 2006 · NWS SLC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

JAN 7TH-8TH.. A COUPLE OF FAST MOVING STORMS AFFECTED NORTHERN UTAH.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.

JAN 7TH-8TH.. A COUPLE OF FAST MOVING STORMS AFFECTED NORTHERN UTAH. SNOW DUSTED THE WASATCH FRONT ON THE 8TH AND RESULTED IN ICY ROADWAYS. DOZENS OF SLIDE OFF ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE (INCHES).. TONY GROVE LAKE 16 BRIGHTON 15 ALTA UDOT 13 SNOWBIRD 12 MONTE CRISTO 11 SNOWBASIN 10 SPRUCES 10 FARMINGTON CYN 9 SOLITUDE 9 SNOWBIRD 7 THE CANYONS 7 BEN LOMOND PEAK 6 CHALK CREEK 6 DANIELS PASS 5 TRIAL LAKE 5 TIMP DIVIDE 3 UPPER MILLCREEK 2 SUNDANCE 2

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder

When
January 7, 12:00 PM MST to January 8, 11:00 PM MST
Where
Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

16" storm total at Tony Grove Lake

Heavy Snow, W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete

When
January 7, 12:00 PM MST to January 8, 11:00 PM MST
Where
W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

15" storm total at Brighton Ski area.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5487704, 5487705.